Corrections officer charged with carrying gun in New Jersey Raymond Hughes told The Associated Press on Friday that he and his wife were on their way home from a concert and dinner in Atlantic City last month when the crash occurred in Glassboro. He told police he had a handgun under his seat, and officers […]

It was unseasonably warm yesterday, so after I finished some highly exciting PCR reviews in the morning I went off to the range. After all, days with temperatures in the mid 60s are rare in February, so why not take advantage of them. I took two rifles to the range to do some fine tuning […]

If you’ve ever watched Blazing Saddles, chances are you’ll recognize that line. This isn’t exactly what the Los Angeles Police Protective League is saying, but it’s pretty close. For those who aren’t aware, the Police Protective League is the union for LAPD officers. Which means that one of the things they advocate for is more […]

On January 1st, Texans and even visitors from states with firearms licenses recognized by Texas, can carry handguns openly. Opponents of course are predicting “blood running in the streets”, “Dodge City shoot outs”. They also predicted that formally sane Texans who have carried concealed handguns for years without incident, will suddenly start going insane and […]

Well, mine. This is the first year in a several where I sold more guns than I bought. Very strange, especially for me. I sold four, actually five including the one I sold on January 2. Two pistols, a shotgun, and both of my SKS rifles. Along with the ammunition for them. The guns I […]

In case you thought I might be overwrought with my statements that there is likely some sort of Islamic radical connection to the attack, So to sum up: Mohammad planned to repeatedly “praise Allah” throughout his knife attack (which happened to coincide with the stabbing intifada that has been going on in Israel), cut off someone’s […]

I came across the article on EMS1 while looking for a different story. This one turned out to be a better subject for a blog post, so the other topic will have to wait. EMS must prepare citizens for an active shooter incident I don’t know if EMS needs to do this preparation, but it […]

EXCLUSIVE: HPD will destroy 2,300 old guns worth $500K HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The city of Honolulu will destroy $500,000 worth of old police guns instead of selling them to other law enforcement agencies or Honolulu police officers. HPD has replaced more than 2,300 of its old handguns with new lighter, cheaper guns. Many police officers said […]

Canada is not the most gun friendly nation on earth. Despite a long heritage of gun ownership until about the middle of the 2oth Century a succession of liberal governments have made handgun ownership almost impossible. Some police agencies even require their officers to leave their sidearms at the police station when they are off […]

Man shoots down drone hovering over house We need to talk anti-aircraft weaponry. More and more so-called enthusiasts are sending drones into the sky. This means that more and more normal humans are becoming enthusiastic about shooting them out of the sky. Especially, as in the case of William H. Merideth, the drone is hovering […]

All About Me

After a long career as a field EMS provider, I'm now doing all that back office stuff I used to laugh at. Life is full of ironies, isn't it?
I still live in the Northeast corner of the United States, although I hope to change that to another part of the country more in tune with my values and beliefs.
I still write about EMS, but I'm adding more and more non EMS subject matter.
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